El origen de la desigualdad: una mirada desde Rousseau y la antropología.

Abstract

The purpose of this monographic work is to answer the question: Is Rousseau right in saying that no inequality is natural and what does anthropology say about Rousseau's statement on the origin of inequality? To this end, the first chapter addresses Rousseau's approaches, especially the book The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality among Men (2007), in which what is primitive man in his hypothetical state, the notions on the origin of inequality to understand whether Rousseau's statement is correct. In the second chapter, two anthropological authors were approached, Lewis Morgan, who works on the theory of the stages of humanity and inequality, and: Felipe Fernández with the book Breve historia de la humanidad (2004), who presents an overview of the congregations among subjects and whether inequality exists in them. In the third chapter an analytical contrast is made between the position of Rousseau, Morgan and Fernandez, with special emphasis on hunter-gatherer societies, a common point among these thinkers. It is concluded that the aforementioned authors have more similarities than differences and that although Rousseau's statements on inequality are correct, the origin of inequality does not see its origin in civil society.